A biography of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe, focusing on how his boyhood education set the stage for his athletic achievements which gained him international fame and Olympic gold medals. Author's note details Thorpe's life after college.
Themes
Genres: Non-Fiction
Categories: Biography
Settings: Kansas, New Jersey, Northern America, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Tribal Affiliation/Homelands: Sauk (Sac) and Fox
Immigration: Non-Immigrant
Gender: Boy/Man
Race/Culture: First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary